Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera for ID please (snipe fly?)

Posted by nass on 23-06-2013 11:38
#1
Shot last week (mid June), mixed woodland path (upper Ranmore UK).

Snipe Fly?

Thank you

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Snipe Fly(?) by Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel, on Flickr
Edited by nass on 23-06-2013 11:38

Posted by Sundew on 23-06-2013 14:05
#2
Welcome to the forum! The fly belongs to Rhagionidae, so a snipe fly indeed. I think it is a Chrysopilus, may be, C. cristatus, but I am no expert. Let us wait for more opinions!
Regards, Sundew

Posted by nass on 23-06-2013 17:06
#3
Sundew, thank you

Posted by Paul Beuk on 24-06-2013 08:47
#4
Yes, cristatus

Posted by nass on 24-06-2013 11:34
#5
Thank you Paul